The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, September 22, 1886, Image 1
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VOL. XLIIL WIXNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1886. NO. 8.
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WHAT IS THE SEA-SERPENT.
AX I-Mil IKY OF IM KJtK-vT J O KM L*E.V1>
OK SATlitAI, ItlV'OIJY.
A Kclrntlflc S;a;c?iicnt of Whnt We Know and
Don't Know A>>utu It.
(Fiom the Proviuencc Joura:!.)
Twice within a few days parties of observers
whose trustworthiness is beyond
question, and in one case including a
gentleman of suck equable and conservative
mind as a Boston schoolmaster may
be presumed to possess, have reported
the appearance near Cape Ann of what.
in /7r.foron/v? +.-i 111 7 ?!:< <! luwia.
they are pleased to call "the sea ser-1
pent." The account they give is substantially
the same as annually finds its
way to public notice, and is likely to be
received in the same spirit of sceptical
levity which these narratives have always
encountered. An attitude of f: auk
unbelief toward all stories that smack of
the salt water seems to be an ineradicable
peculiarity of the human mind. A
"fish story" is a synonym for a falsehood
the world over; and indeed ix the court
of public opinion every man who tells a
tale of sights at sea is presumed io bo a
liar until he is proved innocent. The
person, therefore, who has the tcrmcrity
to state that he has seen the sea serpent
rp<r:iins his old position in rrnLlic
esteem* to have chanced to observe an
unfamiliar marine animal "swiftly undulating
along a quarter of a mile to
leeward" is a violation of the proprieties
which one can hardly hope to live down.
This state of things may be only one
phase of the general indisposition of man
to acknowledge that others have seen
what circumstances have concealed from
his own sight, but at all events the socalled
sea serpent, whose persistent reappearance
may be regarded as a pathetic
attempt on its part to prove its own existence
to a skeptical world, is cither
jeered by the paragraphist or silently
relegated to that region of myths over
which Munchausen and Sin bad hold
sway.
But even Sinbad's tales, when read in
the light of modern science, arc readily
interpretable in many cases as distorted
and magnified versions of. actual facts.
And, in much the same way, beneath the
exaggerations and absurdities with which
different observers have described the
so-called sea serpent, there is undoubtedly
a basis of truth. Indeed, what reason
is there to doubt that such an animal
exists? The only considerable argument
against its existence is that advanced by !
Professor Owen, who objects that if it |,
existed we should be able to find either!
its separate bones or its complete stele- !
I ton. " Such objection, however, has no
validity, because we never find the bones *
of whales or seals save on beaches where ]
men have lolled them ; nor do we ever '
discover the skeletons of the countless :
thousands of birds that die in the forests. (
Nature is her own scavenger; we never J [
come upon lier braying places. We may !
not, therefore, deny the existence of a I t
sea monster simply because its skeleton !1
is not obtainable for the museums.
On the contrary, the iaei_a?~Iii?- v>x4?r- j
ence of some snake-like marine animal unknown
to the present zoologist is at
tested by a throng of witnesses. We may i
not rehearse here the long list of circum- ]
stantial and detailed narratives of those f
more or less eminent men, from Diodo- 1
rus Siculus to the president of the Glou- j
cester Common Council, who profess to have
si en the monster in question. Any i
librarian can furnish the inquiring read- '
er with a sufficient number of these ac- ;
counts to keep him in interesting read- i
ing for two days at It ast. The narrators
include clergymen of ?ll nation aities and (
creeds, physicians, experienced travelers,
hard-headed business men, naval oiiicers '
of such repute as our own Commander :
Preble, and a host of others equally dis- ;
interested. Many of these accounts j
must be set aside as obviously colored up f
for effect. But even then there remains (
an accumulation of evidence too weigh-y ^
to be withstood. There is, of course, much 1
exaggeration; but after setting aside the ]
"personal error" for which trained ob- 1
servers alwavs allow, the general cohe- 1
rence of the details given in these van-1x
ous accounts is indeed remarkable. All;(
the observers have found the animal only ;
in northern latitudes; aii agree that its ?
color is blackish brown above and white ;
beneath; that its prominent eyes are on 1
the top of its flattened head; that it c
moves at the rate of live or six knots an I
. hour; that it is harmless and even timid, '
and that its undulatory movement (
caterpillar-like, that is, vertical and not 4
lateral. There is, too, substantial agree- (
ment in placing its size at seventy feet
in length and twelve in circumference.
This concurrent testimony from hundreds
of witnesses, strangers to^ach
other and often separr ted by centuries t
of time, sufficiently proves the existence ]
of such an animal as thev describe. A J
" - 1 .
line 01 porpoises, ii svauui UJ. iiuxiu j
mackerel, a mass of sea weed, an old 1
mast covered with barnacles and tossing '
on the waves, have each been mistaken i
for a sea serpent many times. Nevertheless,
unless all the laws of evidence
are at fault, there is in actual existence
precisely such a marine monster as :
reported near Cape Ann. The so-called
sea serpent is not a myth.
What, however, as a matter of fact, is
the animal which bears in popular
phraseology this alliterative name"? Vve !
may boldly assert that it is not a serpent.
All observers agree that it undulates vertically,
like a caterpillar. But any one
who takes the trouble to examine the
structure of the vertebrae of serpents will
see at once that they arc capable of no
other undulatory movement than a lateral
one. There are plenty- of ?ea serpents,
but none over live feet in length,
and all have their tails flattened side
? i-'U.n-f. mnva fltm-morli fho
WilJ d OU W-mAV iuviv biiwx>v
water like eeLs. We have, then, as described
by its observers, an auimal utterly
unknown to the zoologist, at least as
a contemporary form. The only ini'erY;
ence therefore is that it is a survival from
? some group of animals now on the verge
of extinction. "When, however, we ask
what this group is, there arc two equally
go.;d answers. It may be a survivor of
the saurians?probably the enaliosaurian
?to whose form, as known to the
paleontology t, it corresponds with sufficient
exactness. Or it may be a survivor
of some snake-like cetacean, such
as the zeuglodon, to whose habits it
lnwalr / rvnfnrms Most scientists
?
notably Professors Proctor and Agassiz
?incline to the former supposition.
There is, however, considerable ground
for the latter. All its motions are
cetacean; it is uniformly described as
thrusting his head out of water?a custom
to -which sperm whales are much addicted;
its undulatory movement may
be seen illustrated by every school of
porpoises; it rises suddenly to the surface,
or sinks like lead to the bottom, as
every whaleman knows his victim can
from the peculiar structure of its lungs;
and its harmlessness is also cetacean, as
whales seldom attack save under exceptional
circumstances.
~~ But whether the so-called sea serpent
is a zeuglodon or an eualiosaurian, we
ghall never know for surety till we secure
its skeleton for tlie zoologist to cla^**
And very possibly this may yet be i^e*
i ho exi'itt ncc of the devilfish was '^Eo
dcried, but finally a specimen wa*
taincd that silenced ail cavillers. ES^'tofor<
observers of the sea serpen? have
either stared in childish wonder, rnu
away i:; abject fear or pepped the
monster with liana I ess shot. ^a3"
an old whaler with a harpocn m?? uiake
a capture that will bring him fai?- In
the meantime we 112 ay as "well tnat
the man who announces tlie jsappearancc
of the so-called sea serpeiS is not
necessarily a deluded ignoramus or a
falsifier. "Doubtless many of &e monsters
reported by summer exjarsionists
have r.u more real existence than the
semblance uf a whale which. Polonius
saw in the clouds, but never&filess there
is in actual life and presumable vigor a
curious, but harmless, mape animal
erroneously called the sea serpent. To
believe all the stories that an* told of it
is credulity, but to deny tbJ possibility
of its existence is presumpton.
THK ??tE\T FK.lH).
A J! Ohio 5'aui-r Tell* Why It IfXot Forgiven or
Forgotten.
(Fro!n tie Cinoinmt'Sur..)
A Democratic contcmpfary, which is
disused to take an extreme view of the
matter, says it is to be Juped that the
trustees of the Tilden libary, when it is
established, will make stfue provision to
exclude Rutherford D. Jayes from the
privileges of the munScent establishment.
It even decisis that "Haves
would be likely to steal-lie books which
the late President Til?en provided for
the benefit oi" the peojie." We quote
this matter? a spceimet of much that is
current in print?to stow that the indignation
over the fraid of 187G has not
died out. General K^es is a most respectable
citizen of ttis State, against
whom, personally, we are not disposed
to rail. He was an e:ccllent soldier, and
acquitted himself wel in the civil offices
which he held in Ohi>. As a Republican,
he felt himself htter than bis party,
but the force of circumstances carried
him along with his party into the
greatest -wrong that Xas ever been per- j
petrated under a republican form of government.
General* Hayes is, unfortu-!
iiofn]-*' frit* l"niY>c?*>l? n^vori-nnl rnnra
sentative of the most rascally fraud
known to a hundred years of politics.
Even his soldier record, Uis unassailable
private character, and his dignified behavior
in Ohio politics ccnnot save him
from the disgrace of 1876.
Many of our Republican contemporaries
seemed to think tint the death of
Mr. Tilden would step the cry of
"fraud." There was a icgree of Republican
self-congratulation on this point
:hat bespoke a consciousness of guilt.
Ike demise of the Democratic candidate
jf 1S7G seems only io have intensified
:he Democratic feeling. Mr. Tilden,
hough a man of splendid attainments
md especial value as a leader, was p. secondary
consideration. It was the Democratic
party that was defrauded. More
Iran that, it was the voice of the people
hat was stifled. The Democratic reuembrance
of the rascalitv of 1S7G-77 is
lot buried with tiie mortal remains ox
iiC D<_IUGCi*.<.ie titaatijvm-HpoTP-r
uonvouenial cjielt winch postponed the
iscenclnacy of the 'Democratic party in
lie government for eight years?-which,
n other words, drowned popular acclaim
'or two administrations?will be particuarly
preserved in the minds of Democrats
as long as one of the principal poitical
thieves still undertakes party burglary
in Ohio, and as long as another of
:he unscrupulous "Visiting statesmen" is
glorified as a Senator of the United
States from the third State in the Union.
vYe need scarcely specify personally for
>ur intelligent readers.
The man who reads as he runs must
recognize Edward P. Noyes as the original
of the first picture ond John Sherman
as the man who sat for the second.
I'he Republicans complain about con
>tant Democratic reference to the fraud
>l 1876, but keep the feeling of distrust
dive by persisting in debauching the
jailot bos. Since the "work of 76, in
vhick they were so eminently success:d,
they have vron a Presidency by cor apting
the State of Indiana, and in 1SS-A
hey hooded every voting precinct in
3hio with a corruption fund. They even
indertook to smirch the record of the
rural districts of the Buckeye State for
lonesty in elections, and in Cincinnati
hey carried the day bv organizing a mob
>f criminals to intimidate peaceable citi:ens
and murder the regularly constiated
olliccrs of the law. The Democrats
have ground for complaint. A
liurnal acclaim for a generation of men
. annot wipe out tlae awful record.
n> '
V'tsy and Buchanan.
Henrr Clay used to take especial de.ight
in annoying Mr. Buchanan, "who
liad, he believed, started the report that
lie had made a bargain with John Quincy
:Vdams by which he sccured the election
rA the Massachusetts statesman as President,
receiving in return the appointment
cf Secretary of State, which had
been up to that day a stepping stone to
the Presidency. "On one occasion, as
Mr. Buchanan was defending himself
?.gainst the charge of disloyalty during
the war of 1S12, he having been "an old
Federalist," to prove his loyalty he
stated that he entered a company of
volunteers at the time the British attacked
Baltimore, or at the time of the
battle of North Point, and marched to
Baltimore. "True," he said, "he was
not in uny engagement, as the British
had retreated before he got there.'"
Mr. Clay?You marched to Baltimore,
though?
Mr. Buchanan?Yes.
Mr. Clay?Armed and equipped?
Mr. Buchanan?Yes; armed and
equipped.
Mr. Clay?But the British. had retreated
when you arrived?
Mr. Buchanan?Yes.
Mr. Clay?Will the Senator from
Pennsylvania be good enough to inform
us whether the British retreated in consequence
of his valiantly marching to
the relief of Baltimore, or whether he
marched to the ralief of Baltimore in
consequence of the British having already
retreated?
Tile Senators and the occupants of the
galleries roared with laughter, and Mr.
Buchanan, red with anger, prudently
made 110 reply.?Ben. Perloy Poore, in
tne i>cs:on onager.
The Fnil of Martin Iron*.
A few montlis ago Martin Irons was a
power ii: the land. At a nod from him
thousands of laborers quit their work. At
a stamp of his foot millions trembled.
When he opened his lips men feared a revolution.
lie lead the great strike on the
Gould system, and paralyzed the traffic of
four great Slates. For this blatant demagogue
a future "as predicted. It was
thought that he would crowd Powderly
out of his place and become the head of the
labor reform movement. All this is at an
end. The other dav a police officer in
Knnsns f;itv " nniimv-pvpd hjicrcronl.
shabby set on a street comer. He took
him to the station house and locked him
up. On the docket the following entry
was made: "'Martin Irons, drunk and dis^
orderly/'?Ailania Constitution.
AX ARMOR BELTED CRl'ISER.
Orlando, the Latent Addition to the l&riti.ih
Xavy. Ja?t Launched.
(L'^d^n Corn-sponger, ce of Cincinnati 'Enquirer )
Orlando, the first of the "armor belted
cruisers" building for the British navy,
was launched on the Tyne a few days
ago by Palmer's Shipbuilding Company
(limited.) She is SOU feet long, 5G feet
wide and 37 feet deep, with a normal
draft of 21 feet and a total displacement
r aaa n - -1
vx I'jus. one ib ijuui ui miiu su:ei,
with a belt of "compound" or "steelfaced"
armor 51 feet deep and 10 inches
thick on a 6-inch teak planting, which
extends for 200 feet on each side. On a
level with the top of the "belt"?that is
1 i feet above the water line?and running
for the same length, there is a steel
deck 2 inches thick, which at a distance
of 50 feet from each end slopes downward
at an angle of 30 degrees, with
deck and plates 3 inches thick. The
openings of the decks are protected by
armor shutters or shell-proof gratings.
The engines, boilers, magazines, etc.,
arc placed beneath this protective deck,
and the navigation of the ship and the
tiring of the guns will be directed from
a "conning tower" covered with armor
plates twelve inches thick, placed at the
fore end of the ship, and communication
to the various parts of the ship will
pass through steel tubes eight inches
thick. The sliip is divided into one
hundred water-tight compartments, the
bulkheads in some parts being exceptionally
strong. The engines and boilers
(occupying four water tight compartments)
are placed in the middle of the
ship, with coal bunkers on each side live
feet wide. Beneath the engines and
boilers there is a double bottom, divided
into compartments, to be filled with ballast
water. There is an open space be
tween tnc Dunsers ana tne snip s siae.
The magazines are placed in the middle
line of the ship, fore and aft of the engines,
with store-rooms, shaft tunnels,
etc., on cither side. She will have two
sets of engines, one for each screw, of
the "triple-expansion type," with fortytwo-inch
steam cylinders, indicating a
horse power of 8,500, and will steam
nineteen knots per hour. She has four
boilers, with six corrugated flues each,
capable of working to a pressure of 130
pounds per square inch. Her steering
gear is placed aft, below the water line,
and she has eight tubes for discharging
torpedoes. Her armament will consist
of two twenty-two-ton guns, ten five-ton
guns and sixteen Hotchkiss quick-firing
guns for throwing six and three-pound
shot. The twenty-two-ton guns will loj
[ placed on tne ripper deck, mounted on
automatic carriages placed on revolving
platforms and protected by steel shields.
The six-ton guns will also be placed on
the upper deck, five on each side. Of
the small guns fourteen will be placed
on the main deck and one at the top of
each mast. Her ship's company will
consist of 420 officers and men, for
whom accommodation is provided on
the main deck. The builders have made
rapid progress with this ship, as the contract
was only given them in April of
last year. They liave another ship of
exactly the same plan now building for
the British government. The contract
(II ii?i? ft.I- Him linll mill I ngincs. cacti snip,
is ?224,000.
Talking of armaments, one is reminded
that the victory, Nelson's old flagship at
the battle of Trafalgar, was one of the
ships inspected by the "colonial and Indian
visitors" who were the cruests of the
naval officers at Portsmouth ten days
ago, and a comparison betv i her
armament and that of one of the modem
ships illustrates very strongly the revolution
that has taken place in naval
architecture and ordinance since the beginning
of the century. While the Victory
carried 104 guns at the battle of
Trafalgar, the entire weight of ber
broadside was only 1,1G0 pounds, while
one gun of the Inflexible will throw a
projectile of 1,700 pounds. In other
words, one of the modern eighty-ton
guns will throw nearly five hundred
pounds more metal than the whole armament
of the largest British ship engaged
at Trafalgar. The gross tonnage of the
Victory was 2,200 tons, while the Inflexible
has a displacement of 11,400 tons.
The former is a wooden sailing ship of
the old "three-decked line of battle"
type; the fetter is a twin-screw iron
armor-plated turret ship, carrying four
guns. The Inflexible took a prominent
part in tlie bombardment of Alexandria.
How Some of l"s Are Talked To.
It is a foregone conclusion that the
chief end of woman is to marry. And it
if no less true that the question of marriage
is one in which the women of the
world are more nearly interested than in
any other. This being the case, the wonder
grows that there are so many illassorted
marriages and unhappy homes.
* * * a little common sense in matrimonial
affairs, although it may despoil
the courting days of something' of their
romance, is a very good thing. * * *
Man, of all animals, is the most susceptible
to creature comfort. A loving
heart and a caressing hand are very alluring,
but they lose some of their enchantment
if they forget to season the
soup and show an utter disregard for
shirt buttons and sock heels. * * *
A man has an eve for beauty in his
wife. He notices the soft wave of her
hair and the fit of her gown with a sort
of pleasurable pride, even after time and
trials have dimmed the glamor of first
love. The successful wife must represent
to her husband all the virtues; must be
sympatnenc, ana at iuc same um e sensi
ble. She must be bright, entertaining
and agreeable at home as well as abroad,
and she must know how to preserve silence
when it is desirable to hold her
tongue, even though she is ready to burst
with indignation. If she does not possess
these qualities, let her cultivate them
most assiduously. * * *
A woman's natural impulses lead her to
choose a nxler and guide in her husband.
Very few women desire to rule the man
to whom they link their destiny. The
true wife gives to her husband her heart's
best gift; she rejoices in him, is proud of
him, and wishes the whole world to be in
sympathy with her. But let her not err
in thinking that her love can hold his.
me iovcTviucn prompts unsemsnness,
thoughtfuhiess and consideration is very
good, so far as it goes; but it must bo
tempered with common sense, so that in
its absorption it does not neglect the
comfort of the house and forget to be
agreeable and dainty.?Philadelphia Piccord.
I'hoiera Sweeping otr the Population of .Japan
and Corea.
Sax Francisco, September 1G.?Advices
! by the steamer Ga-lic from China and Jamn
.ire as follows: The total number of
cholera cases throughout Japan since the
first appearance this year is 09,000, of which
37,000 resulted fatally. The indications are
that the epidemic is now abating. Intelligence
from Seoul, Corea, says that the
cholera is still raging in that city. According
to the official returns the fatal cases for
July of this year were 48, GOO, out of a population
of 250,000. Outside the capital the
epidemic is equally fatal. At Shinshu.
province of Kcishado, 5,000 and at Tearai,
6,000 deaths were reported in one month.
THE PRESIDENT'S RETURN.
HE lis EXPECTED JsOO.V TO OCCUPY HIS
COTTAGE.
V acation of Cabinet OniccrH-Swrptnry Mannln;;'n
Intention to Itotirc from Public Life?
Other .^ntter*.
(Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.)
Washington, September 17. ? The
ont-of-toTvn season is about over, and
"Washington society is returning to its
"L mi., -n t j. i i. - ? i_
uiij iiULU'j. jlhu a rosiueau uas prooauiy
grown weary oi fishing and gunning in
tiie Adirondack and no doubt is looking
forward with pleasant anticipation
to occupying his remodeled cottage on
Georgetown Heights. Information received
here yesterday indicates that he
will start homeward this week. During
his absence the repairs on the cottage
have been pushed forward to completion,
and the interior thoroughly cleaned and
burnished, so that all is in readiness
for the reception of the President and
his wife should they arrive here to-morrow.
It is the intention of the President
to occupy his cottage imt.il cold weather
sets in, and even then he will probably
spend his winter Sundays there. The
return of the President will, of course,
be the signal for the home-coming of the
cabinet and other prominent ofiieials,
who feci that they arc not entitled to a
longer vacation than tlie liead of the
Government. Postmaster-General Yilas
will return from his home in Wisconsin
the later part of the present week, although
his wife and family may delay
their return to Washington several weeks
longer. Nothing definite is known
about the intentions of Attorney-General
Garland, but at the Department of Justice
he is expected here before the first
of October. Secretary Whitney has notified
his steward to have the I street
residence ready for occupancy by the
latter part of next week, and also to
straighten up things at the summer
house, near the President's cottage. Secretary
Lamar will be in Washington
when the first cabinet meeting is called.
He enjoys taking his vacation in driblets
whenever the spirit moves him. Secretary
Bayard has remained at his post all
summer, and it is probable that he will
take a brief but much-need vacation during
the month of Octobcr. lie will seek
a secludcd spot, where he can have absolute
rest and an opportunity to recuperate.
SECRETARY r.iAXXIXG's EETIREMEXT.
Tliorc are but few persons who expect
Secretary Manning to resume bis seat at
the cabinet table. His personal friends
and those who arc hi frequent communication
with the members of the Manning
family assert positively that his decision
to retire from the Treasury Department
is final, and has been unchanged since
he forwarded his resignation to the President.
The latter was and is now averse
to losing Mr. Manning from his official
family, but he
oi iwtr. Manning's health, and therefore
caunot conscientiously Insist it pun His remaining.
Had Mr. Manning's resignation
been promptly accepted when first
tendered, there are hundreds of antiadministration
people who. it is claimed.
would have seized upon the opportunity
to charge that there was a political disagreement
between the President and
his best friend and most valued political
adviser. As soon as Mr. Manning's family
physician diagnosed the case, he announced
that it would be almost as much
as the patient's life was worth for him to
attempt to tax his brain with the cares
and responsibilities, to say nothing of
the physical duties, of Secretary of the
Treasury. As much as the President rcgietted
to make a cia-uge in his Cabinet,
he was obliged to bow to the inevitable.
It was determined, however, that there
was no necessity for hasty action, as
Acting Secretary Fairchild was fully
competent to manage the financial branch
of the government. In the meantime,
the extent of Secretary Manning's physical
infirmities has become apparent to
all reasonable persons, and he will reluc
tantly retire from public life.
EXTRA WORK FOP. THE CLEKSS.
One night last week, Chief Clerk Youmans
went down to the Treasury Department
about 10 o'clock, and found a large
force of clerks at work in the offices of
the First Comptroller and Treasurer. As
such an occurrence was somewhat unusual,
Mr. Youmans asked a chief of
division why the clerks were working at
such a late hour. The chief frankly informed
Mr. Youmans that the settlement
of the Alabama claims had imposed a
large amount of additional work upon
the bureaus interested in adjusting the
claims referred to. Besides the extra
work imposed, much annoyance and delay
in the work have been occasioned by
the frequent visits of claimants and their
attorneys, urging that the cases in which
they were directly interested should be
made "special." The rides of the department
require that all persons seekiner
information relative to public business
shall be granted a respectful and patient
hearing. Many of the Alabama claimants,
it is said, presume upon this rule to
occupy the time of the clerical force in
endeavoring to push the settlement of
their respective cases ahead of others.
This class of claimants resort io the most
adroit of methods to get into the Treasury
Department after the regular visiting
hour, which is 2 P. M. Every hour or
half hour which they consume in appealing
to clerks to make their eases "special"
delays the work on other cases that
much longer. To avoid any further
trouble and delay by visiting claimants,
Mr. Youmans lias issued a special order
which will prevent such persons from
entering the Treasury building after 2
o'clock. Unless authorized to'do so by
the Secretary, no cases of this character :
will be made "special," but all ox them
will be settled in the order in which they
w ui<j jjiisscu upuu uy uic auuiung oincers.
For the past week the clerks in Treasurer
Jordan's office liave -worked extra hours
drawing drafts for the payment of these
claims, which are promptly signed and
registered and mailed to the respective
claimants.
The principal clerks of the Navy Department
are said to be dissatisfied with
the present rules governing the purchase
of supplies. Secretary "Whitney discovered
some time ago that the chief clerks
of bureaus were in the habit of ignoring
contractors who are under agreement to
iurnisn supplies ro tue department ana
procuring any articles they wished in
open market. He issued an order at
once directing that all supplies should
come from the department contractors.
The order at first was not obeyed, but
after several of the clerks were forced to
pay for the articles purchased in violation
of it, they came to the conclusion
that Secretary Whitney was determined.
A little sou of Mr. Robert Sullivan, of
Lancaster, aged about 2 years fell from bis
bed on Wednesday afternoon last, and
broke his right arm between the ??lbow and
wrist.
SENATORIAL
Their Favorite lienor: atI*oint of itocK.i In She
Maryland Mousitniiis.
(CnrrespDEdcEoe of the Philadelphia Tir:io.;
Poixt of Rocks, 31 J., September 10.
?Along tlie Potomac near tlxis little
mountain station is one of the finest
fishing places in the South. It is only
thirty miles from "Washington and has
long been the favorite resort cf legislators
who have a penchant for the rod.
Three roclrs jutting up from the stream
are knovm as the "Senatorial Hocks"
and one further down as the "Presidential
Piock." The people of the village
arc ever eager to toll of the famous fish
ing excursion here tlirce years ago., when
President Arthur and Senators Hampton
and Test sat on those rocks through
four long hot days and caught nearly
four hundred fish" Nearly every week
during this summer one or more Senators
have been seen perched on the racks
angling for the sportive swimmers. According
to the testimony of the villagers.
Senators Wade Hampton, Vest and
Keima are the most persistent and successful
anglers, with Edmunds, Erye and
Gorman as good seconds.
Hampton was here four times during
the spring and early summer, and
stopped over for two days after Congress
adjourned. He is tlie most silent
of all the Senatorial fishermen. While
his negro bod}* servant keens the hooks
baited and a mysterious dark flask ever
at his master's hand, the Senator is constantly
bent forward, with eyes intent on
the sparkling, except when the passing
fish bites. Then, unlike most Senatorial
fishermen, he does not get excited and
give the line a tremendous jerk which
throws the fish high into the air and
back again into the water. As if afraid
of hurting the swimmer, he elevates the
pole gently until it is above the surface,
draws it in slowly, lets the negro detach
it; then in a moment the line is once
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tor is bending forward as if liis life depended
on catching every motion of the
string. It is said that he has never lost
a tish in getting it out of the water, and
that no man who has ever appeared on
these fishing grounds has been more successful
than he. A catch of sixty fish in
one morning is credited to him." From
those caught, he selects a dozen or so
for dinner and gives the rest to aziy one
who will take them.
There are some oncer stories afloat
here about his servant going into the
village three times a day to replenish the
mysterious dark llask, but no eye-witness
of the occurrence could be found. Besides
it was a time when Senators Vest
and Blackburn, of Kentucky, occupied
the adjoining rocks, so if there be guilt
Hampton should not bear it all.
Vest is hardly inferior, to the South
Carolina Senator in handling the rod.
Oeeasionallv lie mv to a little ex
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otement when there is a particularly
sharp nagging at liis line, but, generally
quaking, lie is a calm and scicntific fislierman.
He was the teacher of President
Arthur in the science and this accounts
for the warm friendship which, exists between
the two. Just before Congress
adjourned Mr. Arthur wrote to the fcJentitty
11145 imtt as soon as- tns iicnltsr"
punnitixulkc jmuldiike to have another
week at Point of Pocks. Senator Vest
is not so silent. He intersperses his
catches with stories about his fisli successes
in Missouri and out at Yellowstone
Park, but all the time keeps'a close
watch on his line. He has, perhaps, the
finest fishing tackle that has been seen
in these parts. The rods arc of a peculiar
cherry-colored reed and his reels are
silver. The set cost, it is said, about
$150.
Kenna, of "West Virginia, who was out
on the river yesterday, has the repratation
of being the champion angler of
West Virginia. Unlike every other fisherman,
Senatorial rr otherwise, lie carries
a real bars bottle. This may be accounted
for by the fact that he is a temperance
man :.n private life. The West
Virginia senator goes aoout nsnmg in
regular backwoods style. Dressed in
jean trousers tuckcd in boots, a blue
shirt and a short rusty alpaca coat, he
looks like the typical dweller on the
banks of the Potomac. Ke digs his own
bait, attends to his own hooks and |
manipulates his catches with his own
hands. In fact he believes in carrying
out the role to the letter rather than
playing the gentleman angler. He loves
to tell stories about his great doings on
the Kanawha, and the truth of his tales
are corroborated by his home people.
Ke ranks next to Vest as a fish-story
teller and is infinitely more truthful. '
Senator Edmunds, who is now up in
Maine handling the rod, is known to
every villager about here. What is
L<J YT ctOiii-Ll^ LUllitlliCj tiiuj SJJW.il
of him as the "jolly old bald-headed follow."
He is certainly bald, and his
looks justify his being called old, but
just how the people got the impression
that he is jolly it is hard to guess. Perhaps
he thaws out away from the dignity
of the Senate chamber. Perhaps the
mountains and the river and the simple
country people recall the days of his
childhood and stir the sluggish blood in
his veins to its youthful vigor. Perhaps
the Senate restaurant-keeper kindly puts
a good supply of cold tea in his valise
for use on the Potomac, or perhaps?but
after all it is all only guesswork" The
Vermont Senator is like Hampton in
silent contemplation of the waves and
like him, too, in scientific management
of his rod. In the latter part of July
last he caught fifty-six fish before noon.
TTin at* +I*a wt-av if
JUULO cfcLci-HJ ?uug VJJJ. IUC A X > Ui i-O LX1V j
as lie wears in the Senate chamber, with
exception of a big, broad-brimmed straw
hat, which is pulled down over his ears.
Frye and Gorman have gained fame ai
Point of Eocks also, but they are tco
busy with their home campaigns this
summer to give any time to angling.
Frye never carries any rods with him.
With a common line woun'i around a bit
of wood he starts for the river and cuts
a pole on the way down. In fact, he
goes about the matter much after the
manner of a schoolboy and seems to enjoy
it all with a thoroughly youthful appreciation.
He was one of President
Arthur's favorite companions, under the
preceding administration. Senator Gorman
lives oniy a few miles from Point
of Piocks, and frequently brings his
guests up here for a days' lishing. __lle
is exceedingly fond of the spoil. "When
he makes an unusually large catch he is
oc rrln/.frtl oo a WImIa hTi TVflV
from Hagerstown to Baltimore, a few
(lays ago, lie had to stop over here for
half an hour to await his train. He spent
his whole time down at the liver bank
looking longingly at the ;'Senatorial
Kocks." He said that as soon as the
political conventions in Maryland were
ovej: he would come here for a week and
bring the President with him. if the latter
had not got enough of the sport up
in the Adirondacks. 3>i. l. e.
Now that young 3Ir. Gould has married
a wife, suppose we allow him to Lave a
season of immunity from persecution. V?"e
- ? ? ? - r - v _ -: * 1.,
agree mat uic marriage ui u;c nuuust .it-.:
in America is a matter of some importance,
but we do cot admit that the question of
where he intends to pass the next night
ought to lash the whole newspaper world
into a frenzy of solicitude. It seem- to us
this is a mere detail.
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THE s-Oi L OF GOOD I\ EVIL.
Some Timely and sieauiifi:! Extract* from an
Oi?{ f,ecti:re ?!>' I?ass! II. Hayne.
Beyond the orbit of Longfellow's "red
planet Mars," wheeling in circles wliich
sometimes interest each other, astronomers
discovered between-1800 and 1307four
small planetary bodies, to which
Sir John Herschel has given the name
of asteroids. Deviating so much from
the path i:i the heavens described by the1
other tenants of cur solar system that j
tlio zodiac must be expanded five times
its breadth in order to include their
orbits, bearing with them traces of
atmospheric phenomena and gigantic
scale; and what is most remarkable, presenting
to the observer's eye not the
form of an oblate spurid, but edges
nigged and uneven. It has been conjectured
by Prof. Olbers, of Berlin, that
these bodies originally united in one
great planet, must by some strange explosion
have been scattered into space,
whenever they gleam upon us now with
the light dimmed and mournful of a
fragmentary existence.
A doom akin to this may be resting
latent in the bowels of our own earth.
Sometimes we hear the demon muttering
his mysterious language and rolling his
thunders underground, and then, unchained
for a season, he riots in earthquakes
or soars upon the fumes of volcanic
exhalations.
Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried
in a night. Lisbon, with her thousands,
vanished like one ot those dissolving
;'earth bubbles" to which Banquo compares
the wind sisters in Macbeth.
Elvers that have flowed for ages within
their appointed bounds are precipitated
into new channels, or swallowed
up in the vortices of fire and smoke;
fertile plains shiver like glass beneath
the heel of some malign enchanter, and
the whole globe trembles as with throes
of dissolution.
And yet, in the economy of nature
what are these convulsions but the normal
vents where through the earth's
overcharged heart relieves itself of the
pestilent humors?the consuming lieats
which seethe and boil about the core of
lior vitality? A few days, months, or
years and her scarred visage assume
again the lovliness of old; from tlic site
of her Lava burials and the chasms which
show where her sick agony was all but
mortal, a richer verdure courts the airs
of heaven and waters more brightly
beautiful flash back the splendor of sunlight
and stars.
The earthquake, the tempest, the passion
of vulcanic eruptions, are therefore
but visitors of mercy. Were it not for
their strong agencies, we too might have
been rolling through the "voids immense,"
shorn of our birth-right of life
niil cr\rirr! irm on lmnr*
l?XAV.l iVi. U1A XAVUA )
stability for ccnturics; tlic upheaval of
ancient landmarks to-day, and to-morrow
the beginning of a new order of
harmonious law, which progresses from
epoch to epoch, along pathways of
bcneficencc and love; sudden deaths to
hundreds of thousands, and the fullness
oi' life to myriads, perhaps of generations!
Such are the sublime compensations
oi' Providence. Who, then, can
7 ; ii ii.ni I. ii-i-i fni system,
balanced and controlled by the
omnipotent arm, is but a type in its perfect
advancement of that moral, spiritual
and political world within whose orbit
humanity is called upon to act the drama
of its destiny. In the conceit of theoretic
reason we may ask: "Wherefore, 0
God! hast thou done thus and thus?"
Or with the Spanish sceptic's audacious
hardihood wc may afiirm that "if God
had only consult d us at the creation,
we could have favored him with hints to
nis advantage; our, uespiio mans
blasphemy and folly, tlie kind "AilFather'
is leading him through processes
he cannot comprehend to the noblest
fruition of his hopes. 4-It suits not,"
says the archangel in "Festus,"
It suits not the eternal laws of God
That evil be immortal!
Yet on this temporary, partial stage of
hum-in aetion it is often through evil
alone that the highest possible good is
evolved, and in proportion to the magnitude
of the evil may be the vital
grandeurs of the benefit.
Those are truths that v>-e should all
deeply ponder.
The temptation to utter skepticism to
' 'curse God" in our hearts and 4'die"
rises upon too many with a terrible force.
Yet from the depths of sorrow and pain,
if we listen aright, comes the voice of a
beautiful consolation which seems to
say: "From the ashes of corruption
spring the flowers of verdure, the rich
blooms of earth, and so in the loathesomcness
of sin and error and all "things
evil," lies hidden away, but acwly gathering
its powers for resurrection, the immortal
"soul of good."
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A Bfll'si Five Hundred Youth,
The city oi Urcslau celebrated the five
hundredth anniversary of an occurrence
which was memorable m the history of
the town and is known wherever German
poetry linds a home. The bell
i-.mrf" in t!ia er?ni1?/v!-v> tmrov iii
St. Mary Magdalen's Church and is
named "St. Mary's bell," but is usually
known as "the poor sinner's bell," rang
out morning and evening on the 17tli of
July to remind all who heard it that it
was cast on that day live hundred years
ago. Next day (Sunday) the preacher
reminded his congregation of the
pathetic story which, has made it singular
among bells, how, when all w.?
ready i'or casting, the beil founder witndrew
i'or a few moments, leaving a boy
in charge of the furnace, warning him
not to meddle with the catch that secured
the seething metal ia the caldron.
But the boy disregarded the caution,
and then, terrified oil seeing the molten
metal beginning to How into the mould,
called to the boll founder for help.
Hushing in and seeing what he had intended
to be his masterpiece rained, as
he thought, angered to madness, he slew
the boy on tin: spot. When the metal
had cooled and the mould was opened,
the boll was found to be an exquisite
work, perfect in iiiiish. and of marvelous
sweetness of tone. Coming to his senses,
he recognized his bloody work and
straightway gave himself to the magistrates.
"JJluod for blood" was the law;
he was condemned to die, and he went
to his doom while his beautiful bell
pealed an invitation to ail to pray for
"the poor sinner," whence its name.
T*r "IT*-c+rvvir
> V . ULiCl iit.fc.-3 oi?v.i OLViJ r
iu a b:Jia<l of touching simplicity:
"War oiast eiu Glockengieszer
2a L'rc-lan iu del Stadt."
London Times.
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Lord Ilandolph C.: archill, replying to |
the directors oi the Scottish Protestant
Alliance, who rcccnLy criticised, his answer
to their remonstrance against the appointment
of Matthews, a Korean Catho
lie, to the Heme Secretaryship, says he
must decline to discuss the matter. He
adds that ii the views of the Alliance were
pushed to :i logical conclusion, they would
involve the repeal of all those Acts of Parrnmrivincr
lliA nnli}?f::l disabilities
of Catholics and the re-enactment of penal
I laws, which a vast majority of the British
' people are anxious io forget.
APACHES IX CAPTIVITY.
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GEROXLMOS
BAXD OF MURDERERS.
The Women of the Tribe and How They Look.
--~and Drexs?Other Chfricahups on Their Way
to Florida.
Sax An-tokt^Tex., September 15.?
Geronirao and his band of savages have
attracted great attention Tlere^ Tlie captive
chief wore a white straw hatpa-gray
alpaca coat, white trousers and armyboots,
brand new. He was evidently
much tickled with them. His black eyes
frequently wandered to them with a
glance of proprietary approval. He
moved around the tents given him,
quietly conversing with and directing his
men. He was not impressive, but he
was interesting. Flowing from under
his coat was a piece of white cloth,
alarmingly like a shirt tail, of table
cloth proportions. It flapped wildly in
the warm breeze and beat against the
legs of the great chief in emphasis of
the few things he had to say.
George Wratten, ths interpreter, acted
as the medium of communication between
prisoners and captors. It was a
curious scene when Geronimo was assured
of his safety. He and Natchez had
been suffering with the idea that they
were to be instantly executed. They
looked miserably at the shining weapons
of the sentries, and ever and again
glanced at their couchant braves with a
kind of see-that-my-grave-is-kept-green
gaze. General Stanley stood squarely
in front of the wholesale and retail murderer.
A little apart was a crowd listening
to the queer language and its translations.
The interpreter, a cartridge belt
crossing his broad breast, waited for the
general to speak.
"Tell him," said the commander,
"that when the white makes peace
he makes peace. Tell him that I am now
his best friend. Let him go to his tent
and rest. Tell him that I will be near
during the day. He and his friends
shall not be harmed."
The speech was slowly put into the
tongue of coughs and grunts. As its
mea,nin?? came to the bronzed band which
had gathered around, they broke into a
chorus of grateful "ughs" and their
white teeth hashed.
Taken by and large, the hostiles are a
queer gang. Their not intricate but
unique ra iment, handkerchief head gear,
tawdy decorations, small figures and
long coarse hair looked strangely, juxtaposed
to the white tents and trim figures
of the soldiery. A noticeable peculiarity
was the great development of their legs
and their slender arms. It is a manifestation
to see them walk. They move
with the lightness and springy grace of
the panther.
One of the women had no nose.
Another had a very handsome face and
was dressed with more taste and cleanliness
than her companions. She sat in
front of (Thipf "Nftf-heg:' t^nt. S<~>rnr> cm'.'l _
she"princess, but if so lier domain
has gone from her. The females were
very small. They wore their hair parted
in the middle and the long elf locks fell
into their eyes. Chief Hachez' boy, a
sturdy youngster of fourteen, was especially
noticeable. He moved freely
about and laughed gaily at the curiosities
of the whites. Around one of his
limbs was tightly bound a leathern
thong, so tightly, in fact, as to bury in :
the fiesh. It was probably an effort to
relieve a strained tendon, fie was scarred
in several places, and when asked what
caused it, picked up a small stick and
intimated that ha had been hurt in ridincr
through undergrowth. i
On the very day of Geronimo's surrender
he became a grandfather, and next
day the mother of the papoose was
trudging along the rough valley with the :
other captives, her infant strapped upon 1
her back. This hardiness is character- ;
istic of the squaws of the Apaches per- :
haps to a greater degree than of any oth- .
er Indian women. The whirlwind of an
Apache flight carries with it the women '
and children of the tribe as long as the '
pursuing foe is imminent. When the
mountain fastnesses are reached the noncombatants
are secreted and the braves
begin their murderous retreat from the
avenging troops.
The wife whom Geronimo rescued
from Fort Apache at the risk of his own
liberty and hie is one of the many who
contribute to make his wigwam happy or
otherwise, as the case may be. fSiie is
said to be a woman of rare intelligence,
great courage and entire devotion to her
savage lord, accepting with thankfulness
her fraction of his affections and giving
in return an absolute allegiance.
Captain Lawton gives it as liis opinion
tliat (Jreronimo is 50 years of age, though
the old reprobate vrill confess to but 45.
He is purely a self-made man. That is,
he is an accomplished murderer and a
crafty cut-throat, and is not a hereditary
chief. The Captain says he is bright, intelligent,
a good talker, crafty, cruel
and treacherous to a wonderful degree.
During the past eighteen months
Geronimo and his followers are credited
with having murdered no less than 400
persons, a majority of whom were Mexicans,
on the Mexican side of the Kio
Grande. Captain Lawton has himself
seen fourteen of the victims after death.
Nachez is a son of Cochise and hereditary
chieftain of the Chiricahaus. He is
described by officers who know him as a
very remarkable man. He is by long
odds the finest looking of the band He
is six feet in height, sparsely built,
muscled like a race horse, and straight
as an arrow. He has an open and expressive
countenance, which says as
plainly as it could be said that the man
is a dauntless, desperate and competent
warrior. He wore a kind of bizarre
dress made up apparently from odds and
n n ~ j rri ~
UilUfc MLU1CU ilUHI UCifcU illCil. ilicrc 115 IX
great" difference between Mm and liis
medicine man, Geronimo. In tlie first
place he is much younger; secondly, he
is a man of his word, while his ruler is a
most wonderful and ornate liar.
An Idea for Fairs.
A new idea for fairs has been successfully
worked out at Islington, England,
and might be adopted at bazars in this
country, when gypsy tents, Christmas
trees. Rebeccas at the Well and other
well-known attractions become undesirable.
At the Islington bazar interesting
historical buildings were reproduced,
and their interiors embellished with libp-rallv
and tastefully sur)t>lied tables.
presided over by ladies in characteristic
costumes. The homes of "Wycliffe, Tyndale,
Shakespeare, Cowper, John Bunyan,
William Penn, Milton and Wordsworth
were reproduced. A military
camp, with tents and other fittings, occupied
a part of the hall, and a crowning
of the May Queen and old English sports
formed the entertainment of the fair.
Adapted for this country, different bazars
might represent Priscilla's Kitchen, the
homes of some of the poets and other
historical buildings, while an Indian village
would doubtless be a great attraction
to any bazar.
Prof- Cleveland A bin* Predicts a Long Rest from n
Earthquake*.
\
(From the New York Herald)
"Washington, September 12.?Prof.
Cleveland Abbe, who was absent from
Washington during the recent earthquake, 3
luis returned and has given to your corre- \ ?
spondent sorac interesting views as to the V/
event. lie has made a very extensive study v
of earthquakes and the theories regarding \
them. His views are outlined as follows: \
Prof. Abbe considers the Charleston \
earthquakes to belong to the same category
as that which was so violent at Long
Branch on August 10,1SS4, and which was W
felt from 3Iainc to Virginia and westward \
tob'hlcu About one hundred and fifty such
earthquakes-, occurred between 1872 and
1000 .t n /-I orti/>ln 1"vtt
lOO/w, uliU V>tHT Oiuuivu ixx iio.v? cu uv/iv %jj
Prof. Abbe, published in the Herald oa
August 17,18S4 In tliis^nicle Prof. Abbe
concludes that these shocks' - originated
above the Archaien strata and in the lower
portion of the sedimentary deposits?name?
ly, from one to five miles below the earth's
surface. He holds that there is no reason
to believe in a hot fluid [interior, but that
probably the rocks beneath this portion of
the surface of the globe are in a condition
of considerable constraint due to several
causes?namely, first, the weight of superincumbent
masses; second, the contraction
due to slow cooling or the expansion due
to warming in case chemical changes are
still going on; third, the strain due to bending;
and fourth, the strain due to the slow
process of crystallization, such as occurs in
the formation of dikes or: .asses of granite,
marble, &c. Under t'. se accumulated
strains the rocky strata are perpetually
r?hinrr cn<tm(p ao/-?! ? onrl
VIUUUUq, UU i^CVIU^ ouu
again giving way. Every "fault" met
with in a mine or quarry means a slight
earthquake.
If it were not for the myriads of little
quakes wc should have to do only with
greater earthquakes, which would, in fact,
be of the nature of terrible paroxysms.
When a severe earthquake happens it is
usually preceded and followed by numerour
slighter quakes, indicating that the
strata are gradually being relieved of their
strained condition, but that the main relief
is found in the main shock.
The distribution of the one hundred and
fifty Apalacliian earthquakes show that
numerically they are least frequent from
May to September, but that these are precisely
the months when the severer earthquakes
are likely to occur; and, again, that
a period of few earthquakes is especially
likely to be followed by one or two severe
ones that become stronger tiie loncrer the
period of dearth has existed.
Charleston lies precisely in the region
where the earthquakes have been least fre
quent for the last fifteen years. According
to the study made of the number of earthquakes
already mentioned, the whole country
is now entitled to a period of rest at
least as long as those between the earthquakes
of Boston, in 1735; of New Madrid,
in 1S11, and the present one of 1886?namely,
from fifty-eight to seventy-five years.
With regard to earthquake tidal waves,
there was from the beginning no occasion
for fear in the present instance. The
waves of 1755 in Uuropc and America; that
of India, in 1819; that of St. Martin's, November
18, 1855; that of Callao, 1856; Arica,
August, 1868, and Conception, February,
1836; that of Japan, December 23,1854, and
that of Krakatoa, July 1883, all illustrate
the general principle that ocean waves attend
onlv such carthanakps n<; originate
tracer tiiC oc-an, or on the immediate
coast. .The occan water must receive i
nearly vertical shock in order to start thfe
wave. Shocks that originate under
continent, some distance from the ocean,
strike tbe latter with a nearly horizontal
movement, and so far as onr records show
these appear never to produce severe earthquake
ocean waves, at least not in the
neighborhood of their origin. If any such
wave attended the Charleston earthquake,
it would be felt in the Bermudas and Europe
rather than on our coast.
Mot Long.
How long will we be missed when we
are gone. ]N"ot long. The best and most
useful of us will soon be forgotton. Those
who to-day are tilling a large place in the
world's regards will pass away from the
remembrance of man in a few months, or,
at the furthest, in a few years after the
sjrave is covered over the remains. "VVe are
shedding tears above a new-made grave and
wildly crying out in our grief that the loss
ib irreparauje; \ ei 111 a suon lime me tendrils
of love have entwined around other
supports and we no longer miss the one
who is gone. So passes the world. But
there arc those to whom a loss is beyond
repair. There are men from whose memories
no woman's smile can chase the recollections
of the sweet face that has given up
all its beauty at death's icy touch. There
arc women whose plighted faith extends beyond
the grave, and drives away as profane
those who would entice them from a worship
of their buried love. Such loyalty,
however, is hidden away from the public
gaze. The world sweeps on besides and
around them, and cares not to look upon
unobtruding grief. It curves a line and
rears a stone over the dead, and hastens
away to oiler homage to the living.
Casting Glass Like Iron.
Berlin papers copy from the Germania
the account of an important discovery in
glass manufacture m.. ~.d by Friedrich
Siemens, of Dresden. He lias succeeded
in casting glass in the same way as metal
is cast and obtaining an article corresponding
to cast metaL This cast glass
is hard, not dearer in production than
cast iron, and has the advantage of
transparency, so that all Haws can be
detected before it is applied to practical
use. It will be much less exposed to
injury from atmospheric influences than
iron. The process of jjroduction is not
dillieult, the chief feature being rapid
cooling. The hardiness and resisting
power of this cast glass are so great that
experiments are being just now carried
out at the Siemens Glass Foundry at
Dresden with the purpose of ascertaining
whether the material could be employed
for rails on railways.?London Times.
A Curious <_'au.?e of Blindness.
Dr. Widmark, a Swedish surgeon,
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he was unable to detect the slightest
pathological changes in the right eve,
but who was yet completely bhnd o"
that side, observing considerable defects
in the teeth, sent her to M. iSkogsborg,
a dental surgeon, who found that
all the upper and lower molars were
completely decayed, and that in many
of them the roots were inflamed. H^e
extracted the remains of the molar on
the right side, and in four days' time the
sight of the right eve began "to return,
and on the eleventh day after the extraction
of teeth it had become quite
normal. The diseased fangs on the other
side were subsequently removed, lest
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ophthalmic affection.?London Lancet
The Spinners' Assembly at Amsterdam
has resolved to stand by the strikers. All
the mills in the town belonging to the Knit
Goods Manufacturers' Association have
shut, down, throwing over 2,000 hands out
of employment. Both sides are determined.
The manufacturers claim that the spinners
wish to deprive them of the right to hire or
discharge whom they please, and the spinners
reply that one of their number, formerly
Overseer of the Poor, has been
blacklisted by the manufacturers. Many
of the Knights of Labor condemn the
action of the spinners, but Master Work|
man Cummings has issued o ?tatemeDt approving
of their course.